Welcome back!

Peter worked with us for more than fourteen years, starting in his mid-teens. He eventually became crew foreman on our long term project in Edmonton, Alberta. Peter is super creative and a natural leader. He also has a work ethic second to none. Back in 2001 he struck off on his own (with our blessing) becoming an animator. He did extremely well. A number of years later he decided to get a mathematics and teaching degree, often working for us when he had a break from university. He graduated with honors and made us proud.

When we began construction on our house he again came to help us and continued on when we started our latest big project. He and Hailey (another star of our crew) fell in love and a new path was chosen together.

Peter and Hailey now have decided to join our crew on a permanent basis. Once again Peter has officially taken on a leadership position and is foreman of our large crew. Hailey heads up the painting department and helps Janis out too.

It is so very good to have Peter back, recieving his input and opinions on countless things through each working day. His creative energy and ideas are already permeating through the projects we are working on and on the ones in the planning stages. Hailey's unfailing cheerfulness adds a great deal of joy to our work environment. We are about to kick this whole thing to a whole new level...

It's going to be FUN!

-grampa dan

Over the moon

Every once in a while we all need to look at the things we are doing. We need to ask ourselves what changes need to be made. We need to define our target in order to know where to aim. It's true in my life and in our business too.

As we get closer to the end of our current project and through the design of the next we are thinking even further into the future. What kind of work do we WANT to do then? The answer is more of the same. And also projects that are even more fun and more imaginative than ever.

As we discussed our short and long term goals the other day an image came to my mind. The concept art was for a project I had designed but not built a number of years ago. It graphically summed up where we wish to go in our future.

We want to be the go-to-guys for projects that are off the wall and over the moon.

-grampa dan

Worth the wait

We built and installed the lighthouse/sign up at Giggle Ridge back in the early fall of last year. Then it turned cold and so we went on to other things until it warmed up once more. There was still a bunch of work to do around the base to tie it into the bumper boat pool. Through the fall and winter we welded the structural steel and the pencil rod frame. The galvanized lath followed and then it sat waiting for the warmer weather.

Today at long last it was time to do the concrete work around the lighthouse. As always it was a team effort. Marty mixed the mud, Jeff ran the wheelbarrow between the mixer and pool and carried the heavy buckets across the pool. Peter and I applied the mud and when it was time to carve the whole crew jumped in to do the skillful task.

And when the carving was done everyone helped out on the massive cleanup.

The end result is a bumper boat pool like no other in the world. It will look even better when we apply the paint and better yet when they add water and colorful boats to the pool.

The good news is the forecast for next week calls for wall to wall sunshine and warmer temps. We should get LOTS done! Stay tuned...

-grampa dan